Ingrid Newkirk

Militant

Female

BornJun 11, 1949

Age65

ReligionAtheism

Ingrid Newkirk is an English-born British American animal rights activist and the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, also known as PETA, which is the world's largest animal rights organization. She is the author of several books, including Making Kind Choices (2005) and The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights - Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble (2009). Newkirk has worked for the animal protection movement since 1972.… Read More

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' After M&S, Topshop, Primark, H&M and Forever 21, the Inditex group, which owns Zara, Massimo Dutti and Bershka among other brands, has confirmed that angora fur will no longer feature in its clothing ranges. Animal rights activist group PETA applauded the move by the largest clothing retailer in the world: "When it comes to animal welfare policies, many of their competitors look to them and try to follow in their footsteps," commented the group''s president

'People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals killed most of the animals at its Norfolk, Virginia, shelter in 2014, according to preliminary figures filed with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
The group euthanized 2,454 of its 3,369 cats and dogs, the vast majority of which were "owner surrenders," meaning that they''d been relinquished to the group voluntarily. Just 23 dogs and 16 cats were adopted.
These figures aren''t shocking to PETA''s long-time criti...

'After publishing an ad that implied its shoes enabled owners to run their dogs to death, Pearl Izumi ran into plenty of backlash.
Now the brand has attempted to escape the doghouse with an apology: "We made a mistake," it wrote on Facebook. (The story continues below the image.)
The ad, featured in Canadian Running magazine, shows a runner in Pearl Izumi shoes performing CPR on what appears to be a dead dog. Underneath the image are the words, "RUN LONGER," followed by an explanation o...

'Jane Velez-Mitchell is a two-time Emmy award winning television journalist, a bestselling author, and the host of her own program on HLN. She is featured frequently in the media as an expert on high-profile court cases, appearing on CNN, MSNBC HLN, TRU TV and other national television outlets.
In 2010, her HLN show garnered a third Genesis Award from the Humane Society of the United States. Ms. Velez-Mitchell has won two other awards for her program, Celebrity Justice.
She is the author ...